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The tale of the doctor who defied Death

Yael Reisfeld · USA · Myth / Fantasy / Animation · 5 min · 7.6M views

Directed by Yael Reisfeld · Starring Jack Cutmore-Scott · 2020

Death himself becomes godfather to a poor family's child, who grows up to be a doctor tempted to master mortality, in this animated retelling of a German folktale.

A beautifully animated, eerie retelling of the Grimm tale of Godfather Death.

Dive into the German tale of Godfather Death and his godson, the doctor who tries to master mortality.

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